It feels like the collision detection with the bullets is a little permissive, like if I can tell that the bullet didn't hit but It count's as a hit. Not that it matters though.
Title screen reminds me of zombies ate my neighbors
Really solid game that has a polished feel, nice replayability with beating highscores - did get some kind of infinite spawning thing a bit in on one try. Love the graphics and nice effect with the paralax clouds, fits quite well with theme also!
Wonderful art and music! The pixels bleed character.
Gameplay wise I found it quickly becomes unfair (as in, reaching the limits of your move speed) which ruins it for me. Mouse input might have been more to my taste, but there are still some optimization strategies around re-centering. I would have liked to see something done with the "Money" you earn, as it seems to just be a fancy score indicator currently.
Great game! The gameplay is simple and fun, graphics look impressive and the audio really fits the vibe as well it's dark and gloomy. Would've loved to see some more variations of enemies like some that do zig-zags maybe, and an upgrade system to spend all that money. But I may be reaching 72 hours is a short time and you guys did a great job making this game, really enjoyed playing it!
+Graphics and Sound are well done, the fog of war looks neat!
-When losing, the "game over" screen is reloaded (along with the "game over, man!"-sound) for each remaining planetary vampire that hits you. (Web version in firefox)
-Also, I found my projectiles to become too small too fast so I couldn't really estimate my distance shots well.
Loved it. Its simple, controls work great and very fun to play. Got 8800 on my first try! The pixelated graphics are very VERY well made giving the game an overall polished look you don't usually find that often in Ludum Dare games. Good Job!
Fun, very cohesive feeling game. I liked the sound feedback, especially on the weapon firing, and the "blood" effect on enemy death was a nice touch. A few comments 1) I also experienced the repeated "Game Over Man!" sound effect several times (Google Chrome). 2) The collision detection was quite wonky, and several times the projectiles would skip over the faster skull enemy and hit a slower ship enemy behind it; sometimes this could lead to forced damage. 3) I also dislike that it eventually leads to spawn rates faster than your turn and fire rates, and would have preferred something else, perhaps a few levels with increasing spawn rates-- I love beating games! Very good job for the time frame though!
that was FUN! my only comment is (i think) a kind of bug, when you "die" the remains enemies on screen keep hurting you, i think respawn stops but the enemies already spawned keep hitting you!
The look of this game is top notch. I love that classic sci-fi look to it. Regards feedback i might suggest some kind of mechanic to give the player a reason to not just hold down the shoot button. Something like reloading or whatever. Cool game tho, its like a polished, retro version of mine :P
Nice and fun game. I really like the weird perspective you archived with a simple scaling tween. Music and sounfx are solid and the paralaxing background is really cool.
This is a really fun game! The music and art style fit together really well making the game feel creepy. The shooting is fun, even if the skulls get me every time.
My only complaint is that on one of my runs, the screen was absolutely filled with enemies. There's probably a spawn rate bug in there somewhere.
EDIT: Finally started hitting skulls! My score is up to 9650.
Nice graphics, sounds and music do also fit very well and give the game a particular nice style. The hitboxes of the sprites seem to be a bit to large, enemies explode before the bullet is touching them. It is also possible to destroy an enemy when you miss it by a close amount. I like how the opponents come from a distant mist. The gameplay became a bit dull over time.
I like the music, and the gloomy graphics.
It feels like the collision detection with the bullets is a little permissive, like if I can tell that the bullet didn't hit but It count's as a hit. Not that it matters though.
Title screen reminds me of zombies ate my neighbors
Runs great too!
Here's my highscore :P